Will this Apple phone remain a dream?

As a reminder: As expected, the iPhone 12 received a successor this year with the iPhone 13, but the inexpensive iPhone SE remains at the previous year’s level. This should change in 2022. Courageous hobby designers feel inspired by it and are now presenting us with a very special iPhone SE 3. Are we still dreaming?

The well-informed rumor mill agrees: next year, Apple will again be sending a new, affordable iPhone into the race with the third-generation iPhone SE in order to win the favor of customers. This year, however, as expected, only the iPhone 13 was presented in four versions – definitely not for bargain hunters.

iPhone SE in a grandiose design: What an Apple smartphone

But how could Apple design the iPhone SE 3? The creators of the YouTube channel “ConceptsiPhone” give a rather imaginative and equally impressive answer. Specific technical data are left out, but some things can still be deduced from the images (source: ConceptsiPhone).

This is how the creators of the design hope for the new iPhone SE in 2022:

Is used equivalent to iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 a metal frame, which specifies a rather flat-edged design. The screen is integrated accordingly in full format. We are looking in vain for a home button like the current model. Nevertheless, Touch ID (Apple’s fingerprint sensor) could perhaps hide in the power button, similar to the iPad Air and iPad mini 6.

Face ID, on the other hand, does not have to be integrated, because there is only a simple punch-hole camera and no more notch. In other words, the necessary sensors are missing, a sub-display variant as suspected for the iPhone 14, on the other hand, appears exaggerated and far too expensive for the “cheap model”.

Several colors are available. All less poppy, more pastel colors like the iPad Air, iMac or the AirPods Max single lens get by. If you want more, you have to pay more and choose one of the other iPhone models.

In 2021, Apple has so far only presented the iPhone 13 – all four variants in Video:

Concept vs. reality: what are the chances of implementation?

The bottom line is that such an iPhone SE 3 would be a real asset to Apple’s portfolio. However it probably stays with the dream, at least the previous reports on the iPhone SE 3 suggest this. Apparently, Apple doesn’t want to change much in the next year – new processor and a 5G modem, that’s all there is to it.

The design will not actually be changed until 2023. Rumor has it that Apple uses the iPhone 11 as a template. This should mean that the flat-edged design presented here should be off the table. Nevertheless, as is well known, hope dies last.